U.S. News & World Report ranks HackensackUMC among ‘Best Hospitals for Common Care’

HackensackUMC is pleased to announce it is ranked as one of only five highest-performing hospitals in the nation and the only one in the New York metropolitan area ranking in two U.S. News & World Report lists—ranking among the top 30 hospitals in its Best Hospitals list, and the top 34 “High Performing” hospitals in its inaugural “Best Hospitals for Common Care."

“We are pleased to be one of a select group of hospitals to offer the highest-quality complete care to our patients – in both specialty and common care. A heartfelt thank you to our physicians, nurses and the entire healthcare team for their continued dedication to our patients and their loved ones,” said Robert C. Garrett, president and chief executive officer of Hackensack University Health Network. “What an honor it is to receive this recognition from such a prestigious healthcare ratings agency as U.S. News & World Report.”

The categories for this new award include uncomplicated coronary artery bypass graft surgery, total hip replacement, total knee replacement, congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). U.S. News & World Report analyzed data from nearly 5,000 medical centers to rank the best hospitals for common care. Hospitals were ranked primarily on outcome measures including mortality, readmissions, healthcare-associated infections and other widely used measures of hospital quality to determine the outcome.

For 2014-15, HackensackUMC was listed as the number one hospital in New Jersey in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospital rankings, and earned a spot among the top 30 hospitals in the nation by receiving 11 national specialty rankings.

For more information about the ranking, please visit: http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2015/05/20/40-hospitals-that-performed-well-in-common-care.

About Hackensack University Medical Center

HackensackUMC, a nonprofit teaching and research hospital located in Bergen County, NJ, is the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state. Founded in 1888 as the county’s first hospital, it is the flagship hospital of Hackensack University Health Network, one of the largest health networks in the state comprised of 1,250 beds, nearly 10,000 employees and 2,700 credentialed physicians. HackensackUMC was listed as the number one hospital in New Jersey in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospital rankings for 2014-15. It is one of the top 30 hospitals in the nation by receiving 11 national specialty rankings, including a national ranking for the Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital in Neurology and Neurosurgery in the 2014-15 Best Children’s Hospitals. The children’s hospital is housed with the Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital in the Sarkis and Siran Gabrellian Women’s and Children’s Pavilion, which was designed with The Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center, and was included on the Green Guide’s list of Top 10 Green Hospitals in the U.S. HackensackUMC is one of Healthgrades America's 50 Best Hospitals™ for nine years in a row, and received the Healthgrades Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ 13 years in a row. The medical center has also been named a Leapfrog Top Hospital, and received 23 Gold Seals of Approval™ by the Joint Commission – more than any other hospital in the country. It was the first hospital in New Jersey and second in the nation to become a Magnet® recognized hospital for nursing excellence; receiving its fifth consecutive designation in 2014. HackensackUMC is the Hometown Hospital of the New York Giants and the New York Red Bulls and was Official Medical Services Provider to The Barclays PGA Golf Tournament and the NY/NJ Super Bowl XLV111 Host Committee. It remains committed to its community through fundraising and community events. To learn more, visit: www.HackensackUMC.org.

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